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Terroristic Foods
Zak Fisher
Eng-2
8-26-13
Exercises 1/ pick an issue TERRORISTIC FOODS
We as people go day-by-day and night-by-night, not realizing what is happening around us. Ignorance is bliss you say, not in this case, ignorance when it comes to our world food supply, those that control it and what they are doing may wipeout a good percentage of mankind. Genetically Modified Organisms, fruits and vegetables ripened by chemicals and loaded with cancer causing herbicides and pesticides, contaminated meat pumped full of chemicals, growth hormones, antibiotics and more, companies owning and controlling the worlds seed supply, are all things we don’t see when we are buying or eating foods. The current law allows most of this to be hidden to the average consumer. The scary thing is that food is going from whole food-to-food undergoing a scientific experiment. We are in the gamble of our lives; it’s the most dangerous things facing human beings today. Monsanto is one of the main problems today when it comes to our food corruption. They need to be stopped; they’re out of control. My mother owns a health food store. When I asked her what she thought about the subject this is what she said, “its crazy how many educated people that come in the store that have no idea what GMO’s are. The customers will challenge me in disbelief thinking that I am some type of conspiracy theorist and say, how can they legally do that to our food without consent. Shouldn’t there be laws that protect us? The average consumer seems to be aware that organic, natural, no growth hormone products are a better choice but they still are not fully aware of the dangers that they face when they buy the products that are not. We spend a lot of time across the counter trying to educate them, begging them to watch or read food Inc, food matters, and more. Also, people are upset that organic non-GMO food is more expensive than regular food in the market,

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